Styles of lithospheric extension controlled by underplated mafic bodies

Tectonophysics

Volumn 468, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 169-184

  Yamasaki, Tadashi ^a,b   Gernigon, Laurent ^c  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Continental break up; Continental rift; Lithospheric rheology; Localization of deformation; Passive margin; Underplated mafic bodies

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; CONTINENTAL RIFT; LITHOSPHERIC RHEOLOGY; LOCALIZATION OF DEFORMATION; PASSIVE MARGIN; UNDERPLATED MAFIC BODIES;

ELASTICITY; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

DEFORMATION;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAFIC ROCK; PASSIVE MARGIN; RHEOLOGY; RIFT ZONE; THERMOMECHANICS; UNDERPLATING;

EID: 62249211005     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.04.024     Document Type: Article

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